Riding-plow



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1..

W. D. HOTT.

RIDING PLOW. Y

0.'517,923. Patented A rflo, 1894.

(No Model.) 2 SheetsSheet 2. W. D. HOTT.

' RIDING PLOW- No. 517,923. Patented-Apr. 10, 1894:.

. modation of the ground-wheels F UNITE STATES,

ATENT FFIQE.

WILLIAM D. norr, on oYs snor, NORTH CAROLINA.

RIDING-PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Iaetters Patent No. 517,923, dated April10, 1894.

Application filed April 5, 1893. Serial No. 469,1 17. (No model.)

To all whon'u it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM D. Horr, a citizen of the United States,residing at Loys Shop, in ,the county of Alamance and State of NorthCarolina, have invented a new and useful Riding-Plow, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in plows, and more especially tothat class known as riding or sulky-plows, wherein the same is mountedupon a pair of sulky wheels, the plow being carried by the intermediateaxle.

The objects of my invention are to produce a plow of this class adaptedto be used in connection with various kinds of plow-shares, and to be soconstructed as that the operator or driver mounted thereon may withoutleaving his seat raise and lower the plow thereby adapting it to runshallow or deep and raise or lower the point or give it anyotherinclination or position that may be desired, and accomplish thesame through the medium of a simple system of levers.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in certainfeatures of construction hereinafter specified and particularly pointedout in the claims.

Referring to the drawings:Figure 1 is a perspective view of a sulky-plowembodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal' sectionalview, the plow being shown elevated out of operative position, as whentraveling to and from the field of operation or turning at the end of afurrow. Fig. 3 is a similar view, the plow beinglowered to an operativeposition. v

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of thedrawings. a

In the construction of the plow an axleF is employed, the same havingone end cranked and terminating in bearings F for the accom- Alongitudinal and centrally located beam Ais supported upon and suitablysecured to the center of the axle, and said beam is reduced at a pointbeyond the ground Wheels forming a draft-tongue A, and at opposite sidesof the axle provided with front and rear vertical mortises A and Arespectively. A U-shaped bracing-bail A is secured at its center to theupper side of the beam and is dropped at opposite sides thereof, asshown, and at its ends F. Hounds A are secured to the beam A, diverge,and'are secured to the bail at opposite sides of the beam. The beam isprovided with the usual draft-appliances that need no description.

In the mortisesA and A there are located and adapted to move verticallyand looselya front and a rear bar D and D, respectively, the said barsbeing pivotally connected as at D to the plow'carrying beam D whose endsproject beyond the said vertical bars. front end of the plow-carryingbeam D is, through the medium of a short chain D secured to the underside of the tongue, and the rear endof said plow-carrying beam isprovided with a loose keeper D A handlever J is pivoted, as at UK, inarecess formed in the side and near the rear end of the main beam A, andthe lower end of said lever engages loosely with the keeper D beforemen.-

tioned.

A central standard B rises from the beam extends to the rear and issecured to the axle A, and in front and in rear of the same shorterstandards 0 and 0 rise Upon the standards 0 and O are 'piyotedorfulcrumed, as at G a pair of lovers designated as E and E, respectively,the latter extending forward and terminating in a handle. The firstmentioned lever E is pivotally connected to a short link G having aseries of holes, through any one of which a pin may be removably passedfor connecting it adjustably to a handlever G, which is fulcrumed as atG upon the upper end of the central standard B and extends forwardterminating in a suitable handle at the side of the lever E.

A seat standard H rises from the axle and supports a seat H for theaccommodation of the driver or operator. 7

A plowstandard I is bolted securely to the plow-carrying beam D and tothe same may be fastened any suitable style or pattern of plow I,through the medium of the heel-bolt 1 If desired double-shovels,scrapers, or any other plow may be employed.

It will be seen that the axle, by reason of the same being cranked atoneside only, is inclined, or in other words, it declines away from themoldboard-side of the plow, and hence it offers a resistance to the sidepressure of the soil against the moldboard as the furrow is formed, andthe plow is therefore more apt to maintain a proper alignment andproduce uniform, straight, parallel furrows. Between the two levers EandG a notched locking-standard G may be located, to which these leversmay be secured.

The operation of the plow will be readily understood from the foregoingdescription in connection with the drawings, but in order to avoidmistake I will briefly outline the same as follows: In order to adjustthe plow to run shallow the lever E is depressed so as to'raise the plowas an entirety. This lever, it will be seen, operating upon its fulcrum0 causes the rear bar D to move vertically, and as it moves verticallythe plow-carrying beam D moving on its front fulcrum D raises the plow asuitable distance, in which position it may be locked, where the groundis not stony, by engaging the lever E'with the aforesaidlocking-standard. When depressed by means of the lever E its suck, ormore properly speaking, its inclination, is regulated by the raisin gandlowering of the levers G, and it will be seen that the plow may bewithdrawn through the medium of the lever J, if the point should becomecaught under a root or rock. While operating should the point meet witha hard substance the link G will permit it to yield and thus avoidbreakage.

I do not limit the details of the invention to those herein shown anddescribed, but hold that I may vary the same to any extent and degreewithin the scope of the knowledge of the skilled mechanic.

Having. described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a sulky plow, thecombination with the axle, the groundwheels, the main beam, the lowerplow-carrying beam, and the vertically and longitudinally movable barsmounted in elongated inortises in the main beam and pivoted at theirlower ends to the opposite sides of the center of the plow-carryingbeam, levers for raising and lowering said bars, and a rear leverpivoted on the main beam and loosely connected to the rear end of theplow-carrying beam, substantially as specified.

2. In a sulky plow, the combination with the axle, the ground-wheels,the main beam terminating in a draft-pole and provided with mortises, ofthe lower plow carrying beam provided at its rear end with a keeper, alever fulcrumed on the rear end of the main beam and engaging thekeepelga draft-chain between the under side of the pole and the frontend of the plow-carrying beam, vertical bars arranged in mortises in themain beam and pivoted at their lower ends to the plowcarrying beam, thecentral standard B and the side standards 0 and G arranged on the mainbeam, the lever E fulcrumed on'the standard C and pivotally connected atits front end to the upper end of the front vertical bar, the lever Gfulcrumed on the standard B and terminating at its front end in ahandle, a link G connecting the rear ends of the levers G and E, and thelever E fulcruined on the standard 0 terminating at its front end in ahandle, and having its rear end pivoted to the rear vertical bar G,substantially as specified.

3. In a sulky plow, the combination with an axle and its ground-wheels,and a main beam supported on the axle, of a plowcarrying beam arrangedbelow the main beam, vertically movable bars loosely supported upon themain beam and pivotally connected at their lower ends to theplow-carrying beam, levers fulcrumed above the main beam and connectedto the upper ends of the bars, and a lever pivoted to the beam andloosely con nected at its lower end to the plow-carrying beam,substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own Ihave hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM D. HO'lT.

Witnesses:

J. D. KEnNoDLE, J. A. HAMILTON.

